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outrun

verb as in run faster than

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When policy signals outrun operational reality, markets and voters eventually force a correction.

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For all his brilliance, Oedipus was unable to outrun his fate, which in Icke’s version has less to do with the gods and more to do with animal instincts and social forces.

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He doesn’t like the fact that she can outrun him.

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Nike outran expectations in its latest quarterly report.

Here, Isaac attempts to outrun criticism by sighing, “The issue is that I treated you too well?”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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